Home | Community | Message Board


This site includes paid links. Please support our sponsors.


Welcome to the Shroomery Message Board! You are experiencing a small sample of what the site has to offer. Please login or register to post messages and view our exclusive members-only content. You'll gain access to additional forums, file attachments, board customizations, encrypted private messages, and much more!

Shop: PhytoExtractum Buy Bali Kratom Powder   OlympusMyco.com No Unicorns Here—Just Quality Bags That Work   Kraken Kratom Red Vein Kratom   MagicBag.co All-In-One Bags That Don't Suck   Bridgetown Botanicals CBD Concentrates   North Spore Injection Grain Bag

Jump to first unread post Pages: 1
Some of these posts are very old and might contain outdated information. You may wish to search for newer posts instead.
OfflineRandork
Stranger

Registered: 02/12/15
Posts: 7
Last seen: 9 years, 5 months
Keep or Toss?
    #21337836 - 02/27/15 11:00 AM (9 years, 10 months ago)

It's been a week since I've inoculated my jars and I'm not sure if there going good or bad. This is my first time ever growing.
I could not  find Vermiculite anywhere in my area so I decided to go with the popcorn tek. I followed a no pressure cooker recipe and everything went great for the first 4 days. I noticed mycelium growing on the glass within the first 2 days in almost all of my jars. After 5 days I noticed my popcorn was looking dehydrated and my mycelium stopped growing. I thought this was because I only had tinfoil over the top and it evaporated. So I boiled a little water and added a splash to each jar, then sealed the jars with proper clamp lids ( no air exchange). It's been 2 days since I've done that and I notice the mycelium growing again, rapidly, but only on the glass where the water is touching the popcorn.






Extras: Filter Print Post Top
InvisibleMr. Alien
I will abduct andprobe your anus
 User Gallery


Registered: 01/14/14
Posts: 6,290
Loc: Star Wars Galaxy
Re: Keep or Toss? [Re: Randork]
    #21337868 - 02/27/15 11:07 AM (9 years, 10 months ago)

You did lots of things that could fuck your grain spawn and you wonder why myc stop growing. :shrug:

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineStraya
Wot?!


Registered: 03/04/12
Posts: 705
Loc: Flag
Last seen: 5 years, 8 months
Re: Keep or Toss? [Re: Mr. Alien]
    #21337979 - 02/27/15 11:37 AM (9 years, 10 months ago)

Revise your method and try again. Cutting corners will not get you anywhere in this hobby!

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineHeisenburg
HOPE U LIKE WHAT U SEE!!!!
Male


Registered: 02/24/15
Posts: 113
Last seen: 9 years, 9 months
Re: Keep or Toss? [Re: Straya]
    #21338289 - 02/27/15 12:52 PM (9 years, 10 months ago)

:goodluckwiththat2:


--------------------

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineKizzle
Misanthrope
 User Gallery

Registered: 08/30/11
Posts: 9,870
Last seen: 2 months, 8 days
Trusted Cultivator
Re: Keep or Toss? [Re: Heisenburg]
    #21338716 - 02/27/15 02:23 PM (9 years, 10 months ago)

I doubt that's mycelium growing. You pretty much condemned those to jar to bacteria when you didn't use a pressure cooker, and again when you decided not to use a filter, and yet again when you opened them up and added water, and again when you sealed them with no gas exchange. :tongue:


--------------------

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineFreeWorldOrder
Male User Gallery

Registered: 12/24/13
Posts: 2,002
Loc: Indiana, USA Flag
Last seen: 11 months, 20 days
Re: Keep or Toss? [Re: Kizzle]
    #21338869 - 02/27/15 03:01 PM (9 years, 10 months ago)

:whathesaid:


--------------------
"They who can give up essential liberty, to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin

Lets Grow Mushrooms Videos
PastyWhyte's Easy Agar TEK
Agar's Liquid Inoculant TEK

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineRandork
Stranger

Registered: 02/12/15
Posts: 7
Last seen: 9 years, 5 months
Re: Keep or Toss? [Re: Randork]
    #21339059 - 02/27/15 03:43 PM (9 years, 10 months ago)

Thank you for your input. After reading everyone's responses, I've decided s to start over with new popcorn and try straight popcorn, as well as straight brown rice in separate jars. I've read plenty of  articles that include popcorn and brown rice individually, and I believe, there's nothing I can do but start over. I will be keeping the best jar(1), for experimental purposes.
Thank you for everyone's input. I will be posting my sterilized canned corn next. .. Let's see what happens :smile:

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
OfflineFreeWorldOrder
Male User Gallery

Registered: 12/24/13
Posts: 2,002
Loc: Indiana, USA Flag
Last seen: 11 months, 20 days
Re: Keep or Toss? [Re: Randork]
    #21352710 - 03/02/15 04:38 PM (9 years, 10 months ago)

Hey, just an idea...

I have recently switched to using whole oats for all of my grain needs.

It is very easy to prep & works extremely well.

I have never personally used popcorn, but it seems it would be more expensive and maybe harder for mycelium to colonize than oats? :shrug:

You may want to try the whole oats some time.

They are cheap ($15/50lb) and can be purchased at most all "farm store" chains in the feed section.


--------------------
"They who can give up essential liberty, to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin

Lets Grow Mushrooms Videos
PastyWhyte's Easy Agar TEK
Agar's Liquid Inoculant TEK

Extras: Filter Print Post Top
Jump to top Pages: 1

Shop: PhytoExtractum Buy Bali Kratom Powder   OlympusMyco.com No Unicorns Here—Just Quality Bags That Work   Kraken Kratom Red Vein Kratom   MagicBag.co All-In-One Bags That Don't Suck   Bridgetown Botanicals CBD Concentrates   North Spore Injection Grain Bag


Similar ThreadsPosterViewsRepliesLast post
* Lesson learned about air exchange + grow update jonas 1,521 11 01/04/05 11:58 AM
by jonas
* Popcorn Tek w/pics *Updated*
( 1 2 all )
Deviant 97,564 27 08/23/23 05:34 PM
by Myconewbie209
* Buckaroo Bulk Nugget Tek - grain to bulk in one sealed container
( 1 2 all )
buckaroobanzai 20,351 23 09/12/06 04:27 AM
by fingers
* Should I trash these popcorn jars? NinjaGaiden 1,614 3 05/31/06 08:03 AM
by RogerRabbit
* Amazing colonization /w popcorn! khufu 2,499 18 06/19/03 03:00 PM
by switchstants
* POPCORN TEK BigNautical 3,328 3 08/05/04 11:52 PM
by BigNautical
* Popcorn Water Content tak_old 1,199 2 09/09/06 09:22 PM
by indicaz
* I found some Popcorn Ali 1,668 12 04/15/03 02:35 AM
by Amanita_Dreamer

Extra information
You cannot start new topics / You cannot reply to topics
HTML is disabled / BBCode is enabled
Moderator: Shroomism, george castanza, RogerRabbit, veggie, mushboy, fahtster, LogicaL Chaos, 13shrooms, hamloaf, cronicr, Stipe-n Cap, Pastywhyte, bodhisatta, Tormato, Land Trout, A.k.a
540 topic views. 33 members, 117 guests and 88 web crawlers are browsing this forum.
[ Show Images Only | Sort by Score | Print Topic ]
Search this thread:

Copyright 1997-2025 Mind Media. Some rights reserved.

Generated in 0.026 seconds spending 0.007 seconds on 12 queries.